.TH ALI 1 RAND
.SH NAME
ali \- list mail aliases
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ali
[
.B \-l
] name ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Ali 
searches the mail alias file for each of the given
\fIname\fRs.
It creates a list of users for whom those
\fIname\fRs
are aliases, and writes that list on standard output.
If the
.B \-l
option is specified, each username appears on a separate line;
otherwise, the names are separated by commas and printed on
as few lines as possible.  Usernames are not repeated on the
output list.
.PP
Each
.I name
is processed as described in mh-alias(5).  After
processing, any resulting names that do not appear
in the password file are printed with an error message.
.SH FILES
/etc/passwd
.br
/etc/MailAliases
.br
/etc/group
.SH SEE ALSO
deliver(8),mh-alias(5)